Vehicle-lamp.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM J. CORCORAN, CINCINNATI, OHIO.

VEHICLE-LAMP.

specification fretten Patent.

Patented Jan. 3, 1911.

Application led March I8, 191. Serial No. 550,125.

( burner being exteriorly threaded at 102 and To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. Conco- RAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio,have invented certain newand useful Improve ments in Vehicle-Lamps, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to lamps such as i are used on vehicles and is especially adapted for .automobiles and the like, Where the lamp is subjected to continual jars when the vehicle is in use, and the special object of my invention is to provide a simple and effective means for securing the burner bowl to the lamp body, with which the Parts may be1 eifectively clamped together, Without liathe top of the oil ot is correspondingly threaded on the insi e of the opening 11 in the central Iportion of the oil pot, to which the burner 1s secured.

body, the top 12 of the burner cap is provided with the four horizontally and out- Wardly extending pins 13, 1'3. The cylinder 3 is formed with a vertical slot 14, for the passage of the wick shaft 15. The wick shaft 15 is brought in alinement with one of burner, and a Washer 16 is mounted on the lower end of the.screw threaded `portion of the burner, so that the burner will not be screwed uptight on the oil pot when the Wickshaft is brought in alinement with one lof the pins 13, but will allow the burner or il mf fn hp. mmfp n. short distance before the pins' 13 on the oil pot' by rotating the A In order to secure the oil pot to the lamp tatory engaging 13 slidesv the plate li' to the right, bringing the wiel: shaft 15 into the horizontal slot i9. Then the knnrled head 22 is tightened and the parts are securely lofked together.

tatory engaging means intermediate the oil pot and the lamp body, engaging means intermediate the burner and the oil pot which admit of slight rotation of the burner after the parts of the lamp have been assembled,

a vertical slot in the lower end of the lamp i body to receive lthe wick shaft, a slidable 'llie elainping plate cannot more with refei'- E eiice to the body of the lamp, and the wick shaft cannot move, as the n per end of the slot 14 of the-cylinder and tie slot 19 of the plate hold the wick shaft, and the oil pot cannot move as the pin 13 is in engagement with the slot 18 of the plate. In this-way, therefore, the parts are all securely locked to ether. y

he releasing the clamping nat 2:2 and the tarn of the oil pot releases the oil pot and the burner from the lamp. When the plate is shifted by the rotation of the oil pot, it will be noted that the vertical slot in the lamp body for the passage of the wiel( shaft will be covered np by the plate so as to 'pre1 vent the entrance of air.

What I claim as new, and of my intention and desire to eenre b Letters Patent, is 1. In a vehicle lamp, a lamp body, a' bn'rn'er with a wick shaft, and an oil pot.7 roineans intermediate the oil pot and the lamp body, engaoing means internn'aliate the burner .and the oil pot which admit of slight. rotation ot' the burner after the parts of the Alamp have been as- Iseinbled. a vertical slot in the lower end'ot the lanipvbody to reeeive the wick shaft, a slidable plate`r monnted on the lamp body at said slot. also provided with a vertieal .slot iii register with the lamp body slot when the. parts are in unlocked position, said plate. slot, having a horizontal extension from its inner e'iid` a-pin on the oil pot engaging said plato slot. and means for liielting the )late Ato the lamp'body to lock together the amp Abody., the-burner and the oil pot when the partev are in engagement with eaeh other. A

2. ln a vehiclel lamp. a -lanip body, av bin-ner with a wick shaft, and an oil pot,.ro-

plate, mounted on the lamp body at saidslot, also provided with a vertical slot in register with the lain body slot when the parts are-in unlocke position, said plate slot having-a horizontal extension from its inner end,A a in on the oil pot engaging said plate slot, a orizontal slot. inthe lamp/body with a screw threaded pin on' the plate`engaging said horizontal slqt and a clamp nut to vclamp the plate to the amp bdy whereby npon a relative movement of 1the oil potj and lamp body the parts may be 'locked together.

3. In a vehicle lamtp,l a lamp body. a burner with a wick sha t, and an oil pot between tliecontacts of. whichis situated' a washer of sach size as to permit slightlrotafion of the parts, with a'screw threaded'engageinent between the burner the oil pot, and a bayonet look connectui'n'interxnediate the oil pot `and the lamp body,.com` prsing pins on theol pot and engaging de-l vices on 'the lamp' body, a vertical slot in the lower end of the lampbod 4to receive the wick sha it, and a slidabie p atemoiinted .on the lamp body with a vertical slottlier'ein to be engaged by one of the bayonet lock pins and to register with the. lamp body slot when the parte are in unlockedposition,v said plate slot having a horizontal extension from its inner end, a horizontal plate slot in the lamp body with a screw threaded pinfon the late engaging said slot and a clain'p mit to c amp the plate to the lamp body-whereby-zapon' a relative tn rning movement of the oil 'pot and lanip body .the parts may lockdto'j 

